A life in memory, superbly told and presented

Encore! Encore! Superbly written and delivered. A true page Turnerleaving the listener desperate for more! 😁

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Excellent

I loved this autobiography by Hayley Mills. She has always been a favourite of mine - I wanted to actually BE her when I was young and loved all her films.
What an honest, open account of her life. Lots of things I hadn't realised [won't spoil it by saying which] and the fact that Hayley read it herself made it all the more meaningful and entertaining, too.
I thoroughly recommend it.
I have since met Hayley Mills after her show "Best Marigold Hotel" and she was charming. She kindly signed my programme...!

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Incredible honesty

A wonderfully told memoir, warts and all. Hayley manages to happily relate the good times without bitterness from the extraordinarily bad times. I really felt her emotions as she narrates the book. I enjoyed the pockets of humour as she is able to laugh at herself. I am sure several readers will relate to certain aspects of her family life. I wouldn’t say she is a Pollyanna but Hayley very wisely focuses on now.

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Wonderful

For those of us who grew up with Walt Disney and subsequently Hayley Mills, daughter to incredible parents, this book not only brings back many happy memories from the 60's, but also the incredible journey of such a talented child actress.

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Warm and poetic memoir of a performer who’s impact as a young star sustains.

At the risk of damaging our unwarranted belief in the perfection of her youthful legacy, Ms Mills charmingly narrates her often poetically written eary years memoir in unmistakable and beautifully soft tones.
I had always wondered why she failed to sustain her transition into adult stardom, and now we know. It seems to be a consequence of poor decisions based on a lack of real ambition, a gnawing sense of imposter syndrome and a romantically inclined nature that seems to have distracted her at every turn in her young adulthood.
Her insights into Wat Disney and the organisation are fondly recalled and suggest she was fat more respected and protected than any child star I’ve ever heard of, and Disney himself comes out well.
As much as I remain warmly affectionate towards her, Ms Mills seems not to recognise that she scuppered her own career, nor that the very down to earth approach that her parents took to managing their adolescent daughters stardom may well have been what kept her sane and led to her adult success as a person, despite the lack of recognition of her success while it was happening.
She was a remarkable actress, and having seen her on stage as an adult I can say she remains an underused talent.
I suppose it was inevitable that her story should be like most celebrity life stories, i.e. one of struggles to reconcile public image and personal reality, and I remain frustrated that she wasn’t there to give us more wonderful screen oerformances as an adult in movie theatres, when I think she so easily could have. But I suspect that in fact, she has lived a life that suited her more fully and has enjoyed her adulthood the more because of the absence of the ficus that sustained Hollywood stardom would have brought.
As a writer she is economic and poetic at the same time and I can easily imagine her efforts in a novel. Perhaps she is more her mothers daughter than her fathers. I remain charmed and warm towards her and her family for the joys they have brought me through their work as creative people and performers.

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Delightful

I couldn't put this down . An intriguing and well read account which leaves you hoping for a sequel as it also leaves some questions unanswered...

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Happy memories

Really enjoyed this book, growing up with the films she made in her youth it was interesting to hear how her life evolved.

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One of the best Hollywood Biographies I have ever read❤️

I didn’t grow up with Hayley’s films, and yet despite being part of a younger generation I found myself able to relate to her deeply. I have even sought out to watch a many number of her films as she was talking about them. Thank you Disney+ and Amazon Prime!

Her story is so interesting, honest and inspiring. She is a wonderful and expressive writer and her memory for those experiences she had a child is astonishing. So much happened in such a relatively small span of time.

A must listen. It is perhaps one of the best Hollywood biographies I have ever read, and I have read a lot!
I will surely be listening to this more than once.

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Great read!

Fascinating story, start to finish. Well worth the read. Such an interesting life Hayley Mills has lead.

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I loved listening to Hayley’s voice, took me back to her in Pollyanna

This is an interesting look at the amazing Hayley Mills life story, I loved listening to Hayley herself tell it and I remembered some of her films, i really wished she hadn’t had to pay the taxman as they are so greedy as it is. I do however thoroughly enjoy the book.

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